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Sierra Leone : Saturday courts tackle gender-based violence

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07 Mar 2012 - Freetown, Sierra Leone – Survivors of sex- and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone are having their day in court, as the judiciary now sits on Saturdays in a critical first step towards clearing an estimated 700-case backlog.

In the year since their inception in February 2011 the Saturday courts have heard more than 630 cases, and processed more than half of them.
 

For the full story, see UNDP.

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07 Mar 2012 - Freetown, Sierra Leone – Survivors of sex- and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone are having their day in court, as the judiciary now sits on Saturdays in a critical first step towards clearing an estimated 700-case backlog.

In the year since their inception in February 2011 the Saturday courts have heard more than 630 cases, and processed more than half of them.
 

For the full story, see UNDP.

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